A play in 65 minutes, SUNSHINE is the story of a small-time stripper at Club Paradise, where women sit in isolated Plexiglas booths and talk dirty to their customers. Sunshine is the star of this place, with her name up in lights. And her unexpected encounter with disillusioned paramedic Nelson offers two lost souls a window to love and acceptance. (more...)

Emmy®-winning playwright, screenwriter and director Jane Anderson (HBO's “Olive Kitteridge”) grew up in California surrounded by the paintings of her great-aunt, Edith Lake Wilkinson, which were rescued by her mother from trunks in a dusty attic. (more...)

As part of LGBT Pride month, Logo today announced honorees for the 2015 "Trailblazer Honors," which celebrate LGBT pioneers at the forefront of the march to equality and premiere Saturday, June 27 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. (more...)

NiteLite Promotions is proud to welcome Jackson Browne to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, November 11. The performance will feature Jackson Browne with his band along with special guests Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams. (more...)

Already being hailed has a can't miss for its unique concept and ambiguous to present a plethora of True Events through script and improve, FACT OR FICTION: The AOJ Story is a story about love, self-identification, self-worth, love, an inflated ego, and addictions. A new, original hybrid show written by James Kenneth, opened on June 11th , and is currently running through June 28th, select nights at the annual Hollywood Fringe Festival. (more...)

Melody Mennite, who portrays Katherina in Houston Ballet's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, was given the responsibility of bringing emotional content to senseless violence and etching butt kicking into your memory. As you'll see in our discussion, she worked very hard before she delivered. (more...)

Ian Ziering (Fin), Tara Reid (April) and Cassie Scerbo (Nova) star in Sharknado 3, which will cause mass destruction in Washington, DC, then roar down the Eastern Seaboard before the final confrontation in Orlando, Florida. (more...)

After selling out its entire run following a smashing preview, L.A.-based arts collective The Norton School will add several performances for MAX & ELSA: NO MUSIC. NO CHILDREN. at the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival. (more...)

The human condition of gays in contemporary Russia mirrors life in a phantasmagoric insane Asylum. That's the view of a new play, 'That Queer Blind Silence' (www.thatqueerblindsilence.com) by emigre playwright Sophia Romma. Her political farce, written in English but in the style of Russian Expressionism, depicts the ordeals of a fictional figure skater whose character was inspired partly by the life and career of bronze medalist Johnny Weir. Underground International Voices of Theatre, in association with The O'Neill Film and Theatrical Foundation, will present the play's world premiere run August 5 to 23 at 13th Street Repertory Company, 50 West 13th Street, NYC, directed by John Beshaw-Farrell. Ten percent of ticket sales will be donated to Underground International Voices of Theatre to support that organization's efforts for equal rights of the LGBTQ community in the Russian Federation. (more...)

The Andy Warhol Museum announces, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, Australia, a major international exhibition featuring two significant artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries—Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei. Andy Warhol / Ai Weiwei opens at NGV in December 2015, and at The Warhol in June 2016. (more...)

Theater for the New City's award-winning Street Theater Company opens its 39th annual tour August 8 with 'Teach It Right, or, Right to Teach,' a rip-roaring musical which tackles the challenges and struggles facing public education in NYC. Free performances will tour City streets, parks and playgrounds throughout the five boroughs through September 20. Book, lyrics and direction are by Crystal Field; the musical score is composed and arranged by Joseph Vernon Banks. (Schedule follows at bottom of this document.) (more...)

Full casting is announced for the Swan Theatre production of Marina Carr's new play based on the epic tale of Hecuba, directed by RSC Deputy Artistic Director Erica Whyman with Derbhle Crotty in the title role, opening on Thursday 24 September 2015. (more...)

Proving its might as a global pop culture phenomenon, Syfy's Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! chomped its way to two billion Twitter impressions - doubling the one billion impressions for 2014's Sharknado 2: The Second One. (more...)

"It couldn't be better, unless it was longer . . ." was a comment heard from the audience at the hilarious opening of The Grand Illusion, a Kansas City Fringe Festival 2015 offering produced by Egads! Theatre Company. The Grand Illusion plays on the stage at the Arts Asylum located at 1000 E. 9th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Spencer Brown with Associate Director Ashley Pike created, directed, and stars in the musical comedy cabaret. (more...)

Directors and producers in the Nashville region are seeking actors for upcoming productions of The Mousetrap, Manuscript, Cheaper by The Dozen and First Baptist of Ivy Gap - and producers are seeking cast members for a touring production of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. There's even a haunted house in Auburtown seeking performers for a paying gig. We've gathered the details together here to make your planning easier. So now you have no excuse! (more...)

59E59 Theaters will welcome the return of Fishamble: The New Play Company (Dublin, Ireland) with the US premiere of LITTLE THING, BIG THING written by Donal O'Kelly and directed by Jim Culleton. Part of Origin's 1st Irish Theatre Festival, LITTLE THING, BIG THING begins performances on Wednesday, September 2 for a limited engagement through Sunday, September 27. Press opening is Tuesday, September 8 at 7:15 PM. The performance schedule is Tuesday - Thursday at 7:15 PM; Friday at 8:15 PM; Saturday at 2:15 PM & 8:15 PM; and Sunday at 3:15 PM. Performances are at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Tickets are $35 ($24.50 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.59e59.org. (more...)

“In a small New England town, teenagers are taken in the night and buried alive. Days later, they emerge transformed, wreaking havoc and spreading terror, commanded by an ancient order of parascientists known only as the Dread Doctors,” or so the back jacket of the book, “The Dread Doctors” tells us. (more...)

According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Schutzstaffel, commonly known as the SS, was formed by Adolf Hitler in 1925 to be his personal bodyguards. The SS would go on to commit numerous crimes against humanity until their dissolution in 1945. (more...)

The Encore! Producers' Awards return for the sixth year with extended runs of the best productions of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, running July 5-31, 2015 at six Los Angeles venues. Produced by Combined Artform, this year's extensions feature an exciting selection of exceptional ensemble and solo work performances at Theatre Asylum, The Complex, The Hudson Theatre, The Lounge, Actors Company, The Three Clubs and Bootleg Theater. Catch over 50 of the top productions from this years explosive Hollywood Fringe. (more...)

In this absurd, poignant, uncomfortably funny play written by Academy Award nominated Peter Hedges ('What's Eating Gilbert Grape,' 'Pieces of April,' and 'About A Boy') and directed by Clare Carey (NBC Hit 'AQUARIUS'), stars Sirena Irwin and Sarah Randall Hunt portray two women who despite their initial differences grow a unique friendship of compassion, support, and survival. What becomes apparent as we get to know these two women is that IMAGINING BRAD takes a realistic look at the often-disquieting dynamics of domestic violence in the relationships of men and women in contemporary society. (more...)

Just when you thought it was safe to believe there were no more Sharknado 3 cameos – guess again! Syfy today announced sixteen more guest stars from the worlds of television, sports, WWE, science, comedy, modeling and radio (more...)

Michigan's longest running, non-profit, professional theatre is excited to announce the 2015/2016 Season - a Season of powerful subject matter presented with humor and hope for a better world. (more...)

The Fringe Festival returns to Kansas City from July 16 through July 26. The festival will be held at 20 venues in the metropolitan area, including the Arts Asylum, Unicorn Theatre, and Union Station among others. Over 116 performing groups, many returning from the 2014 Fringe Festival, will produce the over 480 shows during the two week span. The Grand Hall of Union Station and the Blue Galley in Aquarius/Vulcan's Forge will host the festivals visual artists. (more...)

The Huntington Theatre Company will open its 2015-2016 season with the Tony Award-winning musical A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim's most romantic and popular work. Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois (after all the terrible things I do; Smart People; Rapture, Blister, Burn; and Becky Shaw) will direct. Performances will run September 11 - October 11, 2015 at the Avenue of the Arts / BU Theatre. (more...)

IMAGINING BRAD, directed by Clare Carey (Aquarius, Coach), starring Sirena Irwin (I Love Lucy Live on Stage, SpongeBob Square Pants) and Sarah Randall Hunt (Unfinished Business, Chronic) will host a Red-Carpet fundraiser and volunteer appreciation event with cast members from NBC's AQUARIUS to benefit Good Shepherd Shelter and Peace Over Violence. The production has committed portion of proceeds go to benefit Peace Over Violence, Denim Day 2016 and Good Shepherd Shelter. The play continues July 9th through July 25th at Theatre Asylum (6322 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038) and run Thursday, Friday and Saturday's at 8 PM. (more...)

Prepare to see Hamer Hall as you have never seen before in an immersive alternative reality adventure, Fly By Night premiering at Nite Art 2015 on Thursday July 23 and Open House Melbourne on 25 and 26 July. Weaving together dance, physical theatre, sound design and video art, the site-specific work uses iPhone devices to deliver a surprising, promenade-style, self-guided tour via a purpose-built mobile application. (more...)

From Freedom Studios, the producers of the acclaimed Home Sweet Home and The Mill - The City of Dreams comes Brief Encounters at Bradford Interchange, a new site- specific promenade production inspired by the people who work and travel through Bradford's iconic Interchange station. (more...)